[Ravensfort] Raven's Fort Business meeting

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The Minutes of The Business Meeting of The Barony of Raven’s Fort.  2/19/07

		Officer Reports:

	Arts & Sciences-
No official A&S events, but Brian and crew have made some new shields, and 
flails are being made, to be experimented with.  Be afraid, be very afraid.

Minister of Children-
Lady Love of Halesworth has applied for the position, which is still pending.  
Lady Mary confirmed that she’d stay on until then.  Lord Devin is no longer 
Deputy.

	Chronicler-
New Quoth submissions are now due by Business meeting each month.  Lord Devin 
is also exploring ways to cut costs for the Quoth, due to ups and downs with 
the printing process.

	Treasurer-
The End of Year Report is done.  There was much rejoicing.  HL Chrystal needs 
a deputy desperately and went so far as to say that the job isn’t nearly as 
scary as people like to think.  The possibility of new Baronial Coronets was 
presented, because of the stable treasury, with several people promising to 
bring their ideas to subsequent meetings to discuss possibilities, including 
extensive research by HL Catherine.  Also, it was suggested that a fund-raiser 
could help with coronet costs.

	Seneschal-
The Seneschal’s warrant is up in September and a replacement is needed.  All 
interested please apply.  The current deputy is embroiled in nursing school.

Herald-
Research is being done for members, updates to follow.

	Knight Marshal-
Wants Barony to organize marshalling classes, to give more people the skills 
to marshal events.  Barony needs a new Knights Marshal, as well as deputy.  
More non-fighters are wanted to come to practice.  The Baron wants fighter 
practice to be a social event as much as an athletic one.  Terrance is feeling 
more fit and will hopefully be rejoining the fighter practice mayhem.  Much 
discussion was had over the location of Fighter Practice.  The Park currently 
used was debated as being unsafe.  Lady Klar will look into the situation.  
Also, there will be a Marshal meeting at the next Red Tape.


		B&B  Report:

	His Excellency is most pleased with the Barony in general, but would like to 
see better communication among members.  Many words can be, and have been 
taken out of context and/or given more significance than they were meant to 
have, particularly in the easily misconstrued medium of e-mails.  His 
Excellency requests tolerance and a proverbial grain of salt for information 
distilled onto this unwieldy medium, as well as extra care taken when using 
it.  
	Their Excellencies would also like to reinstate the position of Baronial 
Secretary (or some equivalent title) so someone could take the minutes of the 
meetings and post them to the lists.  The humble Herald and Chronicler took 
the minutes of this meeting, but it was stated that this would be a perfect 
opportunity for a non-officer to step up and fill the role.  The Herald can 
attest that the effort involved is not tremendous and would be of great 
benefit to the Barony.  It was suggested that more than one person could 
apply, thus sharing the burden (and also alleviating the pressure of feeling 
as though one must attend every meeting).  
	His Excellency called out to the populace to purchase official memberships, 
listing Raven’s Fort as barony of residence, as this helps the barony in 
several important ways.  
	Her Excellency put out the word on The Lysts of Castleton, May 11-13, and 
implored all to attend this uniquely wonderful event of tournaments and 
pageantry.


		Old Business:

	Barony is still investigating the possibility of a combined Kingdom A&S event 
with the Shadowlands.  Blinn Campus was suggested as a possible alternate 
site, instead of the labyrinth that is A&M.

		New Business: 

	To reiterate, Their Excellencies ask the populace for a volunteer to take 
notes at meetings (business, populace, or both) and post the results to the 
list, to keep the populace better informed.  
	The coming Un-event on March 24th was discussed.  All are welcome and 
encouraged to bring projects to work on, weapons to spar with, and stories to 
tell.  The tentative time is Noon to dusk on the 24th.  Lady Mary will have 
children’s activities, including a scavenger hunt.  His Excellency has stated 
that this is a non-camping event.  (recent inquiries to the contrary should be 
directed towards him).  Lord Devin should be posting more information to the 
list (including the hou-announce list) very soon. Her Excellency also wanted 
to formally invite the Equestrians to the Un-Event, as well.
	Her Excellency will be hosting a beading session at the next fighter 
practice, string beads for the Gulf War Basket.
	HL Chrystal is making Squash Books for Defender.  They are also called 
Accordion Books and are fold out cardboard books in which can be written 
information.  She’s planning to fill several with the list of Baronial 
Champions, past and present, and present one at Defender XXV to each Champion, 
the B&B, visiting royalty, and the Historian.
	All bids for Defender XXV must be submitted soon to the B&B, Reeve, and 
Seneschal.  Also, site tokens were discussed, with people to bring suggestions 
to subsequent meetings.
	The Financial Committee will be meeting soon to discuss funds and fund 
raisers.


Meeting was adjourned.  Much Bennigan’s cuisine was consumed.